MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.22,-106.87 Latitude: 39.22 Longitude: -106.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 131 1 950 567 2 900 1028 3 850 1517 4 800 2035 5 750 2588 SFC 709 3064 21.3 -10.4 11 31.6 5.9 256 8 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.1 2.45 7 700 3177 17.8 -12.7 11 30.5 4.0 250 10 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.2 2.06 8 650 3802 11.5 -15.2 14 26.8 0.4 244 14 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.1 1.80 9 600 4462 5.1 -16.8 19 21.9 -3.4 239 15 322.0 322.3 291.1 327.8 1.71 10 550 5163 -1.5 -18.4 26 16.9 -7.5 239 16 322.2 322.6 291.1 327.8 1.63 11 500 5912 -7.8 -23.7 27 15.9 -12.5 253 20 323.5 323.8 291.0 327.5 1.13 12 450 6722 -13.6 -36.4 13 22.8 -18.0 265 27 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.38 13 400 7605 -20.0 -41.4 13 21.5 -23.2 272 32 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 14 350 8581 -26.8 -44.1 18 17.3 -28.9 276 40 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.22 15 300 9674 -35.2 -44.8 37 9.6 -36.1 278 45 335.8 335.8 293.5 336.7 0.24 16 250 10919 -44.3 -46.7 78 2.3 -44.5 276 58 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.1 0.23 17 200 12380 -54.8 -55.8 88 1.0 -54.8 277 64 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.10 18 150 14177 -62.7 -75.2 17 12.5 -62.8 269 37 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16648 -64.8 -83.3 6 18.4 -65.0 211 21 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.15 m Freezing level: 561.69 mb = 4998.76 m = 16399.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.05 mb = 3865.07 m = 12680.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.66 % Est. max temperature: 18.93 C = 66.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 440.70 mb = 6878.33 m = 22566.44 ft T: -14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.37 C/km ThetaE index: 5.28 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 395.61 mb = 7686.08 m = 25216.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5894.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 433.31 mb = 7005.13 m = 22982.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 26.86 m/s